Pope, 1939–58, who maintained neutrality in World War II, opposed Catholic collaboration with Communism, and issued the encyclical Divino Afflante Spiritu. TLS signed “E. Card. Pacelli,” one page, 8.5 x 10.5, Segretaria Di Stato letterhead, May 25, 1936. Letter written while in the position of Secretary of State to the editor of the Catholic Times, informing him he has presented the Times to the Pope for an Apostolic Benediction. In part, “I have laid before the Holy Father your petition for the renewal of the Apostolic Benediction to the Catholic Times…It is the profound conviction of His Holiness that the times in which we live call for a generation of catholic journalists endowed with intelligence and vigour and penetrated with the sense of the sacred and supernatural character of their calling.” In fine condition, with bold signature, a bit of mild toning and soiling and expected folds. R&R COA.
